MARIANNE MALONE is the mother of three grown children, a former art teacher, cofounder of the Campus School Middle School for Girls in Urbana, Illinois and popular speaker in schools. Marianne says, ''Writing is a kind of conjuring. I write because I believe in the magic of art to transport . . . to give a of glimpse another's world.' For Teachers Guides (including common core tie-ins) and more, visit MarianneMalone.com.
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Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the Children’s Galleries of the Chicago Art Institute, they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms made in the 1930s by Mrs. James Ward Thorne. ... SEE MORE